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title: "Certificates"
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description: "Protect your communication with Home Assistant."
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release_date: 2016-11-13 15:00:00
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If you plan to expose your Home Assistant to the internet or want an extra layer of protection in your local network, consider to use SSL/TLS. This way you can protect your communication. Especially sensitive data like usernames and passwords are encrypted between the endpoints.
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Setting up usually requires creating the certificate and configure the [`http`](/components/http/) component.
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